Hunting-coat.



PATENTED 00T. 3, 1905.

J E. BOLAND. HUNTING GOAT.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 3,1905.

UNITED STATE S JOHN E. BOLAND, OF FULTON, NEV YORK.

HUNTING-COAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed April 3, 1905. Serial No. 253,465.

[0 all 1071/0122/ it' may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN E. BOLAND, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Fulton, in the county of Oswego and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hunting-Coats; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in hunting-coats.

The object of the invention is to provide a coat of this character having pockets formed therein to receive the parts of a gun, whereby the same may be conveniently carried and concealed from observation.

Another object is to provide a coat of this character having a pocket which may be eX- tended to accommodate long articles placed therein, the extended portion of the pocket being adapted when not in use to be drawn upwardly into the pocket and secured in this position.

IVith the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l is a front view of a coat formed in accordance with the invention and showing the same in position to receive a gun, parts of the coat being in section to more clearly disclose the construction of the same. Fig. 2 is a sectional View through one side of the coat, showing the construction of the pocket for receiving the barrel of the gun, said pockets being shown in position for use. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the extension at the lower end of the pocket in retracted position; and Figs. 4 and 5 are detail -views of caps adapted to cover the upper ends of the parts of a gun should the same project out of or above the top of the pocket.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes a coat, which may be of any suitable construction or style and which may be provided with the usual pockets for carrying game or ammunition.

In each side of the coat between the lining and the outer material of the coat is formed elongated pockets 2 and 3, said pockets eX- tending from the breast of the coat to the lower edge of the same. The pocket 3, which is preferably arranged on the right-hand side of the coat, is adapted to contain the barrels of the gun. The lower end of the pocket 3 is open, as shown at 4, and in said open end is secured the upper end of the supplemental pocket 5, by which the length of the pocket 3 is increased.l The supplemental pocket 5 is so arranged and secured to the lower end of the pocket 3 that the former may be drawn upwardly into the pocket 3 when not in use, in which position said supplemental pocket will be entirely out of sight and out of the way. The extension 5 may be formed of any suitable material and in any suitable length to accommodate the length of the gun-barrel to be placed therein. The lower open edges of the pocket 3 may be provided with a button and buttonhole 6 or a clasp, by which said lower end of the pocket may be held or secured in closed position after the extension 5 has been withdrawn or turned back inside of the same. The pocket 2 on the opposite side of the coat is constructed to receive the stock and locks of a gun, said pocket being closed at its lower end and is not provided with an extension, as in the case of the pocket 3.

Both the pockets 2 and 3 are open at their upper ends and are so arranged in the coat that the weight of the gun when placed therein will be equally balanced, thus enabling the wearer to have free use of his arms and hands when the gun is in said pockets. By forming the pockets between the lining and the outer covering of the coat the same will not interfere in any manner with the other pockets which are formed in the coat in the usual manner.

Should the gun barrel or stock be of such length that the upper ends of the same would project above the upper ends of the pockets 2 and 3, caps 7 and 8 are provided to be slipped over the upper ends of the gun barrels and stocks, thus concealing the projected ends of the same, the caps 7 and 8 being preferably formed of the same material from which the outer portion of the coat is constructed.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing anyof the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I IOO claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A pocket having an extensible end and means for inclosing the eXtensible end within the pocket, substantially as described.

2. A pocket provided with an extensible end and means whereby said end may be folded back into the pocket, and means for securing the same therein, substantially as described.

3. An expansible pocket for garments consisting of a main pocket having an open lower end, a liexible bag secured to said open lower end of said main pocket and adapted to be folded back into said pocket and a fastening to close the lower end of said main pocket when the extension has been folded back into the same, substantially as described.

4:. A coat of the character described having formed therein pockets arranged so that the two sides of the coat will be evenly balanced, an extension formed in the lower end of one of said pockets, means whereby said eXten ends over the breast of the coat and being arf ranged to evenly balance the sides of the coat, when the parts of the gun are in said pockets, an extension secured in the lower open end of the gun-barrel pocket, said extension being adapted to be folded back into the pocket when not in use, and a Jfastening to secure the lower end of the pocket in closed position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN E. BOLAND. Witnesses:

DANIEL J. HENNEssEY, JAMns BoLAND. 

